Review: Redout (Nintendo Switch)

Redout is a freakishly fast and uncompromising anti-gravity racing game, designed to be as challenging and satisfying as the best games in the vertigo-soaked futuristic arcade racing genre. Each turn, slope, and twist applies a unique force to your vehicle, and players can drift and pitch the ship to minimize friction, channeling those forces into even greater forward velocity.

Pros:

• Nice graphics.
• 2.8gb download size.
• Online Leaderboards.
• Comes with all the previous DLC-Mars, Neptune and V.E.R.T.E.X packs which are new tracks, Liveries, Teams, and events.
• Wipeout influenced gameplay. It is a fast as hell hi-tech antigrav racing game.
• Banging soundtrack from trance to drum and bass.
• Three difficulties-Rookie, Redout, and veteran.
• Three controller layouts- Arcade, Classic, and Redout.
• Four modes- Career, Quick race, Splitscreen and online.
• Measurement- Imperial or metric.
• Career- Play through the leagues, Earning EXP and cash. Level up to unlock new teams and ships and not forgetting powerups.
• Contracts-Random side missions to earn bonus EXP and cash.
• Bronze, Silver and gold medals awarded based off time.
• Five views- Cockpit, bumper, far, behind and bonnet.
• Powerups- Active and passive. They add things like speed boost, Siphon energy off nearby ships or respawn faster. Can swap them out at will.
• The fastest racing game I have ever played. Makes Wipeout look like Mario Kart.
• Performance- Despite the speed, The game maintains a solid frame rate and keeps the detail level high and levels look gorgeous.
• Race types-Time attack, pure time attack, speed, survival, instagib, race, pure race, arena race, last man standing, score and boss.
• Online-Join, host, and search. Supports 6 players online and you can do boss, race and pure race game types. Laps 2-8.
• Seven race locations with five events in each. Cairo, Alaska, Abruzzo, volcano, Europa, Neptune, and vertex.
• Slick easy to read UI both in the menu and the HUD.
• Fast loading times.
• Tight responsive controls.
• 100’s of liveries to unlock and use.
• PSVR support is coming in the future.
• Racing involves strafing around corners and managing your ship position. You need to counter-attack scraping your ship on the floor to maintain speed.
• Tracks have crazy corners and loop the loop and massive jumps.

Cons:

• Small text.
• Graphics on handheld look washed out.
• The slight learning curve for the controls as in the turning and countering the ground.
• Can only play unlocked tracks online.
• No straight up weapon warfare modes like Wipeout.
• Very easy to go off track.
• AI can still be punishing at times.
• No tutorial.